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Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Using Religious Freedom to Sanction LGBT Discrimination Could Head to Supreme Court - BLACK ENTERPRISE

by Carolyn M. Brown Originally published: August 2, 2016Publisher: BlackEnterprise.com In 2012, Masterpiece Cake Shop owner, Jack Phillips, cited his Christian beliefs, when he turned away a gay couple who came to his Colorado shop for a wedding cake. When he was sued for denying the couple service based on their sexual orientation, an administrative law judge found Phillips in violation of the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA).Phillips has now filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, after Colorado state’s highest court declined to hear his case, the Denver Post reports.Religious Freedom“No one—not Jack or anyone else—should be forced by the government to further a message that they cannot in good conscience promote,” said attorney Jeremy Tedesco, in a statement from Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF).

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